I'm in Love for the First Time

Price realised USD 1,273,000

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Damien Hirst (b. 1965)

I'm in Love for the First Time

Price realised USD 1,273,000

Closed: 13 May 2008

Price realised USD 1,273,000

Closed: 13 May 2008

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Damien Hirst (b. 1965)
I'm in Love for the First Time
household paint and butterflies on canvas in artist's frame
diameter: 96 in. (243.8 cm.)
Painted in 1999.

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Lot Essay

"[Love] seems so difficult to sustain. Love is realistic; desire is unrealistic. It's easier to blindfold yourself, change your girlfriend every 6 months and not look in the mirror than to live with someone forever and see change. Although I'm tired of the word Love, it's like 'God'. Instead of saying 'I love you', I want to say, 'I'm delighted you're alive.'" (D. Hirst, quoted in exh. cat., New York, Gagosian Gallery, , 1996, p.116-17).

I'm in Love for the First Time

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